On May 23, 2026, XRP Ledger developer and Xaman wallet founder Wietse Wind warned the XRP community that scammers are impersonating Xaman and pushing fake "desktop wallet" downloads and bogus airdrop claims. He said he is seeing 20+ new X accounts per day and 10+ new domains per day designed to mimic Xaman. Wind urged users to stay vigilant and avoid connecting wallets to unknown sites or installing suspicious apps.

The XRP Ledger is nearing activation of the "fixCleanup3_1_3" amendment in XRPL 3.1.3 after it entered a two-week activation window. The change is expected to go live on May 27, 2026 and has shown an uncommon 100% validator consensus, exceeding the 80% threshold typically required for amendments to pass.

Peter Schiff said on May 23, 2026 that Bitcoin's $60,000 level may not be a lasting bottom, describing it as a "trap door". Bitcoin touched $60,000 on February 6 and later traded at $74,720, down 3.29% over the prior 24 hours. The article also notes cost-basis levels near $78,200 as resistance and $71,400 as a likely near-term support zone.

Hussein Zangana ("Vet"), community director at the XRP Ledger Foundation, said an XRP Ledger software update to version 3.2.0 is currently being developed. He also noted that XRPL 3.1.3 has entered a two-week activation window, with XRPScan data showing an expected timeline of May 27, 2026.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said on May 13 that the U.S. is closer than ever to reaching a key milestone on crypto regulation, pointing to a Senate Banking Committee markup that is scheduled for May 14. He made the comments during a Binance online event alongside Binance co-CEO Richard Teng and Solana Foundation president Lily Liu. Garlinghouse added he is optimistic about the outlook, citing prediction-market odds suggesting roughly 67%–75% for the bill's passage by year-end.

Binance said it will remove 20 cryptocurrencies from its Binance Alpha featured list on May 14, 2026 at 06:00 (UTC). The affected tokens include PRAI, COMMON, PINGPONG, TAKER, JANITOR, GATA, KLINK, CORL, SWTCH, ARIAIP, LONG, ZKWASM, GORILLA, ECHO, LITKEY, FIR, GM, DELABS, DONKEY and WHY.

Shiba Inu's burn rate surged 710% over the last 24 hours, with 5,678,332 SHIB removed from circulation. The spike was recorded on May 11, when burns climbed from about 700,000 SHIB to more than 5.5 million SHIB in under a day. Over longer windows, burns totaled 23,753,662 SHIB in seven days and 188,168,328 SHIB in 30 days.

Dogecoin saw quieter trading over the past 24 hours, with volume dropping nearly 50% to $669 million while DOGE slipped 0.48% to $0.108. After rallying to $0.117 on May 6, the coin pulled back toward the closely watched $0.10 area, which has acted as a key level in recent price action.

CME Group plans to introduce Bitcoin Volatility Futures (BVI) on June 1, 2026, subject to CFTC review. The contracts are designed to let traders take positions on BTC volatility rather than price direction, using a $500 multiplier tied to the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index. Bitcoin also traded between $79,168 and $81,063 across May 8–9 as analysts debated key levels including $88,880.